An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

There is a Light within us that will show us what's am•ss, or […] not right.

There is a Light within us that will shew us what's am•ss, or 〈…〉 not right.

Elihu doth not direct Job immediately to the Word, (though that's the authoritative and authentic Rule) but to his heart; thou hast a Light in thy self, whereby thou mayest see that this is not right. Thus the Apostle, (1 Cor. 11.14, 15.) Doth not even Nature it self teach you, that if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? but if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given her for a covering. The Light which every man hath in him will show this. Again, the Apostle (Rom. 2.14, 15.) proveth that the old Gentiles had a light of Nature in them, which showed them many things amiss. Thus he argueth; For when the Gentiles that have not the Law, do by nature the things contained in the Law, (they do them by Nature, that is, by the Light of Nature, which shows them to do these things, that is, it showeth them that they ought to be done, and they do them, as to the outward action, by that Light:) these having not the Law (that is, the written Word, published to them in that formality, which the people of God have, these having not the Law) are a Law unto themselves; which show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their Conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing, or else excusing one another. This Light showed those Gentiles so far what to do according to the Law, as left them without ⟨p. 6⟩excuse, for not doing what it showed. Gospel Mysteries and matters of Faith are purely of Divine Revelation, but what the moral Law commands or forbids, the light of Nature leads us to do and to forbear.